Weak Berkeley Rail Bridges miss out on funding once more

BERKELEY Rail Bridges have missed out on coveted funding while three other projects in the region get the go-ahead instead.

The Gloucestershire Local Transport Board (GLTB) has announced its re-distribution of £3.3 million of central government funding.

At a meeting on Wednesday, April 9 the board decided to share the fund equally between three schemes – corridor improvements in Abbeymead, Cheltenham Spa railway station and the Gloucester Central Transport Hub.

When one of them – the Cheltenham Spa Station scheme – was withdrawn, it put a little over £3 million back on the table to be reassigned. Regeneration work at the weak Berkeley Rail Bridges did not make the cut.